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Five notable happenings today in the cyber world:
The NCSC-Switzerland said that the Play ransomware attack at Xplain impacted 65,000 important documents of the Federal Administration. The documents were from various administrative units, including the Federal Department of Justice and Police, the Federal Office of Justice, and the Federal Office of Police.
Malware Attacks Increase 30% in First Half of 2024
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/ Saturday , July 27 2024
Malware based threats increased by 30% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according...
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New DNS Vulnerability “TuDoor” Threatens Internet Security
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/ Friday , July 26 2024
A new critical vulnerability in the Domain Name System (DNS) has been found. This vulnerability allows a specialized attack called...
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Acronis Urged Users to Patch Vulnerability
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/ Friday , July 26 2024
A serious vulnerability, CVE-2023-45249 (CVSS 9.8), has been found in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI), a widely used software-defined infrastructure solution...
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OpenAI to test search engine called SearchGPT
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/ Friday , July 26 2024
OpenAI is testing a new search engine "SearchGPT" using generative artificial intelligence to challenge Google's dominance in the online search...
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CISA Unveils advisories for Two Industrial Control Systems
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/ Thursday , July 25 2024
CISA released two advisories about security issues for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) on July 25, 2024. These advisories offer important...
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Researchers unveil ConfusedFunction Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform
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/ Thursday , July 25 2024
Tenable security researchers found a vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform's Cloud Functions service that could allow an attacker to access...
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BD CIRT published advisory on Web Application and Database Security
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/ Thursday , July 25 2024
BDG e-GOV CIRT's Cyber Threat Intelligence Unit has noticed a concerning increase in cyber-attacks against web applications and database servers...
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GitLab fixed six security flaws and recommends updating shortly
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/ Thursday , July 25 2024
GitLab released a security update today to fix six vulnerabilities in its software. Although none of the flaws are critical,...
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Researchers Unveil Massive Quad7 Botnet Targeting Microsoft 365
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/ Thursday , July 25 2024
Sekoia.io and Intrinsec analyzed the Quad7 (7777) botnet, which uses TCP port 7777 on infected routers to carry out brute-force...
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Threat Actor announce new DDoS Panel “Cliver”
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/ Wednesday , July 24 2024
A threat actor has announced a new DDoS tool called Cliver, which offers strong attack methods for disrupting web services,...
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The NSA and CISA issued five cybersecurity bulletins about securing data in the cloud. The recommendations cover implementing IAM solutions, encryption, and key management.
A report by FS-ISAC and Akamai showed that DDoS attacks on the financial sector increased by 154% in 2023 compared to 2022, mainly due to strong botnets and cyber hacktivist groups.
Tycoon and Storm-1575 threat actors carried out spear-phishing attacks on U.S. school districts in November 2023. They used Microsoft 365 credentials to bypass MFA protections.
The Rhysida ransomware group sold data stolen from Lurie Children’s Hospital for 60 bitcoins (approximately $3.4 million) on the dark web. The hospital is working on restoring the affected systems.
